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Re:Privacy is Power: Why the fight for privacy matters by wfunction on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @03:22AM (#13596728)
> "oops, try again later" is not what is happening when your mail server reboots. Email uses asynchronous protocols.

Wha...? How do you think my server receives emails while it's rebooting?

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Re:Privacy is Power: Why the fight for privacy matters by metafunctor on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @04:59AM (#13597119)
The sending server will automatically try to deliver the email again for a few days. If the receiving server is occasionally down, there will be a delay, but if it's not down for very long (many days) the email will eventually be delivered.
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